RITAAB 72.1

Chapter 72.1

Gao Siyang, “Immediately deploy some flying beastmen to keep watch around the area, and as soon as they detect the monkey clan approaching, report it to me immediately.”

“Also, bring out the bombs we’ve been holding onto. If the situation becomes critical, we’ll have to use them!”

Wu Feiyang, “Yes, Captain Gao, I’ll get to it right away!”

With Gao Siyang’s orders, Wu Feiyang this time took out all the stockpile, preparing for any emergencies. If the highly reverted monkeys had to be dealt with, they would have to rely on Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan.

Of course, the three beastmen previously sent out from the military have been notified to return, it’s just that their communication device might have some malfunction, so they haven’t received the message immediately.

Although they returned as soon as they got the message, it will still take them four to five hours to get back here. If the monkey clan attacks during this time…

They need to hold out for at least four to five hours, and once the military’s mutant beastmen arrive, they can cooperate with Xia Liansheng’s team to kill the highly reverted monkeys.

Of course, if Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan can kill those two most difficult monkeys on their own, that would be the best. But they are worried they may not be able to handle them.

Gao Siyang has also seen photos and videos of these two monkeys, whether they are difficult to deal with can often be known just by looking at their appearance, especially in the animal kingdom.

At this time, the slowly returning Liu Zhongyuan’s team did not know about the crisis at the base, because the boxes on Liu Zhongyuan’s back would occasionally fall off, after all, they were just placed on him without any ropes to secure them.

So they had to keep picking up the boxes and re-securing them, which wasted a lot of time for them. Luckily, no suicidal animals came to obstruct their path along the way.

Qi Yu was on aerial alert, while Liu Zhongyuan focused on hurrying back, Qin Jiulin and Mo Xinghui patrolled in beast form nearby, and Zhang Yuankai nestled on top of Liu Zhongyuan’s back, after all, he had no use at the moment.

Liu Zhongyuan checked their current location and calculated the speed and distance, at the current rate, they should reach the base by late afternoon.

Of course, this is assuming no unexpected incidents occur…Huh?

Just as Qin Jiulin felt something was off, the aerial scout Qi Yu also let out a warning call, and Liu Zhongyuan stopped, while Mo Xinghui also started to look around vigilantly.

Soon they saw a large group of monkeys emerging from the forest in front of them, and this group of monkeys also noticed Liu Zhongyuan’s team. The number of monkeys was around two to three hundred.

Qin Jiulin was a bit surprised, the direction the monkeys were heading seemed to be the same as theirs, were they going to Mo City? Why would monkeys want to stay in the city?

It’s not just him who has this question, the others are also puzzled, neither Liu Zhongyuan’s team nor the monkeys made the first move, they just stared at each other for a while before the monkeys decided to leave.

After the monkey group disappeared from their sight, the others except Liu Zhongyuan transformed back to human form.

Qin Jiulin guessed, “These monkeys seem to be heading to the base?”

Mo Xinghui, “The direction is indeed correct, but what are the monkeys going to do at the base? Don’t tell me the monkey clan is going to attack our military base?”

Qin Jiulin, “What are these monkeys going to do if they are well-fed? If they want to expand their territory, it should be in the wild, why would they want to go to the gathering place of half beastmen?”

Zhang Yuankai suddenly said, “Could it be that someone at the base has hunted down some monkeys, and the monkey clan is coming for revenge?”

Qin Jiulin glanced at him and then said, “This possibility is the highest.”

Mo Xinghui suddenly thought of something, “Oh no! This won’t do, the base’s ammunition reserves are just a little left, if this large number of monkeys attack together now, it’s definitely going to be the end!”

Qin Jiulin, “There’s no help for it, in that case, we can only hurry back.”

Liu Zhongyuan wanted to return faster, but now he couldn’t speed up, after all, he was carrying so many military supplies on his back, if he went faster, the boxes would fall off.

Qin Jiulin, “In that case, then… Zhang Yuankai, dig a cave in the nearby area, we’ll hide half of the military supplies there first, and bring back half the amount to deal with the emergency. After stabilizing the situation at the base, we can come back for the remaining half.”

Zhang Yuankai, “This plan is feasible, no problem!”

He immediately transformed into his beast form and found a suitable place to dig a cave, while Qin Jiulin and Mo Xinghui carried the boxes and placed them inside the cave. It didn’t take too long, less than forty minutes.

Liu Zhongyuan felt the weight on his back was lightened by half, and with the increased speed he wouldn’t have to worry about the boxes falling off, so he hurried on. At this rate, they should be able to reach the base around 2 p.m.

Qin Jiulin stayed by the giant snake’s side to ensure Liu Zhongyuan’s journey wouldn’t be disturbed by anything else. Qi Yu was not here, he had been sent ahead to the base to check the situation.

If there’s no problem, they can transport these things in two trips, it’s just a matter of running an extra trip, it won’t delay much time.

If there really is a problem, they can get back a few hours earlier, which would be a timely aid.

Qin Jiulin also didn’t want their hard-earned base to be ravaged by the monkey clan.

Xia Liansheng looked at the time, it was now 11:30 a.m., the monkeys on the other side of the river seemed a bit restless, with a few monkeys constantly pacing back and forth.

Xie Sihan, “It looks like they are doing some preparatory exercises, are they going to attack?”

At this time, Lin Yuze flew back quickly from the distance and landed on the roof, not even having time to put on his clothes, “They’re here? From the north, a large group of monkeys are coming this way, the number is uncountable, probably more than two hundred! I even saw one with signs of reversion!”

Wu Feiyang hurriedly asked, “Is its degree of reversion high? Compared to the two here, who is more powerful?”

Lin Yuze took his time putting on his clothes, “I only saw one, but I don’t know if it’s just one. The one I saw didn’t have a very high degree of reversion, just a little different from the ordinary monkeys, completely incomparable to the two here.”

Wu Feiyang let out a sigh of relief, “That’s good, that’s good, if the degree of reversion is not so high, it’s fine.”

Xie Sihan, “Lin Yuze, the more than two hundred monkeys are really heading towards us? How fast are they, based on what you saw, about how long will it take them to join up with the monkeys on the other side of the river?”

Lin Yuze took a sip of water to catch his breath, “Their speed is not particularly fast, but not slow either. Based on what I saw, it will take them no more than an hour to join up with the monkeys on the other side of the river.”

Wu Feiyang, “That means by 12:30 at the latest, the monkey clan will attack.”

Xie Sihan, “Captain Wu, why don’t we attack now? Take the initiative, kill off some of the monkeys on the other side of the river first, after all, their reinforcements have already arrived, they won’t continue to retreat.”

Wu Feiyang felt that Xie Sihan’s words made sense, but reality is reality. For them to attack the monkey clan now, they have to send someone to cross the river first. Do the monkeys really just watch their people cross the river without any attack?

He was hesitant, but in the end decided to defend here, “First, bring the snipers over, let’s see if we can kill some of the ordinary monkeys, we don’t need snipers for those two highly reverted monkeys.”

If highly reverted animals could be so simply killed by snipers, then they couldn’t be called highly reverted. If they could directly shoot them in the eyes and penetrate their brains, it probably wouldn’t work.

Since that’s the case, there’s no need to waste the bullets.

The military doesn’t have many skilled snipers, only sixteen in total, each with a sniper rifle, but not many bullets, only ten per person. Even if they all hit their marks and killed with one shot, they can only kill at most one hundred and sixty ordinary monkeys.

Wu Feiyang, “You’re free to try your best, remember, you can take more time aiming, but try not to miss, the ammunition is not quite enough now.”

Not “not quite enough”, but only this little is left! If they run out, that’s it, they’re gone!

Before Liu Zhongyuan’s team completes their mission and returns, there’s no way to get a supplement. And no one knows if they’ll bring back sniper bullets this time.

Xia Liansheng and Xie Sihan have already transformed into their beast forms and are guarding at the road intersection below, the entire area around them is being guarded by many beastmen, if the monkey clan dares to approach, their combined strength is not to be underestimated.

Especially with the soldiers behind them, if the monkeys are stupid enough to charge in, they will at least lose more than half before they even get close!

Among the ordinary monkeys, there are strong and weak ones. The snipers avoided the two highly reverted monkeys and specifically targeted the strong ones that looked powerful in combat.

Of course, each time they all aimed at their respective targets and fired simultaneously, this way they could minimize the trouble.